Aviation Crash Map

Piper PA-28-180 N4956L

27 October 1982 · Buckingham, Pennsylvania, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 27 October 1982 at about 20:00 local time, a Piper PA-28-180 registered N4956L, operated by Cornell Flying Service, was involved in an accident near Buckingham, Pennsylvania, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 20:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Buckingham, Pennsylvania, United States
Nearest airport
Warrington
Coordinates
40.3196, -75.0610
Aircraft
Piper PA-28-180
Registration
N4956L
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Cornell Flying Service
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Warrington → Warrington
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
NYC83LA014

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH A TREE DURING ONE OF SEVERAL LOW PASSES. PILOT SAID HE HAD TEMPORARY POWER LOSS. WITNESSES SAID HIS PASSES WERE AT HIGH SPEED, HIGH POWER WITH NO SIGN OF ENGINE TROUBLE. HE MADE A SECCESSFUL LANDING BACK AT DEPARTURE POINT WITH DAMAGED AIRCRAFT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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